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The President gave the standing order via a press release issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
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While consoling members and leaders of the Tijjaniyya Movement in Nigeria over the death of 40 members killed and several others injured in an auto crash last Sunday, the President specifically ordered the FRSC to improve highway monitoring and reduce the number of road accidents nationwide.
The victims were on their way from Kwandari in Plateau State to a Maulud Nabiy celebratory event in Saminaka, Kaduna State when their bus collided with a truck at Lere town of Kaduna State.
The president condoled with the families of the dead and injured and with the governments of Kaduna and Plateau States. He prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed.
In July this year, no fewer than 25 commuters traveling from Maiduguri in Borno state to the southern part of Nigeria were killed in a road crash.
The fatal accident occurred within the Dangwaro International Market, in the metropolitan axis of Kano City.
On September 16, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency confirmed the death of 18 passengers in Ogbere area of Ijebu East local government, along the Ijebu Ode/Ore expressway.
The accident involved a Toyota Hiace, with registration number XA 690AKU with the passengers burnt beyond recognition, while one other sustained injury.
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